CNN and other sources are reporting this morning that confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed will be tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The court, in New York City, will also be the venue for the trials of four others accused of planning the 9/11 attacks — Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi.

UPDATE: Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed the reports with an announcement this morning. The U.S. will seek the death penalty against all five defendants.

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